Three alfalfa treatments were evaluated in a steer performance trial:
(1) direct-cut and ensiled with dry milo, (2) field-wilted and ensiled,
with milo added at feeding and (3) baled, with milo added at feeding.
The ...

Winter nutrition requirements for beef cows grazing native tallgrass
range in the Flint Hills were studied from 1968 through 1973. Three lb.
milo was a better supplement to the basic ration of 3 lb. alfalfa hay
than 1 ...

Three trials with Angus, Hereford, and Shorthorn bulls produced
in the University teaching herd were conducted to determine effects
of 10, 12, or 14% calculated crude protein levels in grain rations.
In trial 1, the 10% ...

Protein supplements composed of either soybean meal, a combination
of soybean meal and urea, or milo Starea improved gain 5% and feed
efficiency 4% over supplements of either urea or wheat Starea (P<.25).
Cost of gain ...

Nine pastures of 492 acres were summer grazed by yearling steers.
Five were burned April 24, 1973; four were not burned. Burned and nonburned
pastures had 0, 40, or 80 lbs. of nitrogen per acre applied aerially.
Stocking ...

Similar gains and adjusted weaning weights can be expected from calves
whose dams are wintered on soybean meal or Starea protein blocks. Rebreeding
time is expected to be similar for both groups of dams.

Forty-seven of 50 heifers were in estrus 1 to 5 days after an injection
of prostaglandin given when an ear implant of Synchro-mate B was removed.
The implant had been in place one week. Thirty of the 47 (63.8%) heifers
with ...

An 85-day, post weaning growth rate for 30 calves weaned at an average age of 110.5 days was compared with the growth rate of 30 calves nursing their mothers the same period. Average age of the nursing calves at the start ...

Two trials were conducted to evaluate two varieties of wheat head
silage (Parker and Blue Boy) and whole-plant corn silage in growing rations
for steers.
Each silage was fed to 21 steers for 122 days. All steers ...

Last year in Kansas approximately 3.8 million acres produced 243 million bushels of grain sorghum plus a large amount of forage left in the field as a potential source of feed for livestock.
The objective of this report ...